Round-Up: Statue selfies, new Nazca Lines, the whitest superheroes

Captain America

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Marvel Comics has announced plans for an African American Captain America. Marvel Studios, however, is sticking with superheroes of the white variety. Above, Chris Evans in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."

Marvel Comics has announced plans for an African American Captain America. Marvel Studios, however, is sticking with superheroes of the white variety. Above, Chris Evans in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." (Zade Rosenthal / Marvel)

The whiteness of Marvel's superheroes, geoglyphs found in Peru, and museums behaving badly

All kinds of drama at museums in Delaware, North Miami and Washington, D.C., a discovery of new Nazca Lines in Peru, reconsidering the urban role of the Santa Ana River, psychedelic fonts, statue selfies and why liking everything on Facebook encourages the worst kind of content sludge. It's all in the Round-Up:

— Let's start with the bad news: The shooting of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Mo., has prompted other teens to post photos of themselves under the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown to show the ways in which a single image can distort the way we see a subject in the news, particularly young African Americans.

— Onto museums behaving badly: The Corcoran Gallery’s disintegration is getting ugly. An adjunct instructor was reportedly fired as retribution for starting an organization that opposed the dissolution and absorption of the museum into the National Gallery of Art.

— The Delaware Art Museum is going to keep selling its treasures to pay the bills. There are some truly horrifying quotes in this story, starting with: "I know nothing about art."

Facebook Files

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Liking everything on Facebook can lead to some grim algorithmic results. A writer at Wired put the thumbs up to the test.

Liking everything on Facebook can lead to some grim algorithmic results. A writer at Wired put the thumbs up to the test. (Karen Bleier / AFP/Getty Images)

Urban police forces in the U.S. have become increasingly militarized. Above, tactical police officers fire tear gas during protests of a shooting of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Mo.

Urban police forces in the U.S. have become increasingly militarized. Above, tactical police officers fire tear gas during protests of a shooting of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Mo. (Robert Cohen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

— Totally unrelated, but still pretty grotesque: Here’s what happens when you like everything on Facebook. You get a stream of banal corporate spam.

— Marvel Comics may have made news recently for adding a black Captain America and female Thor, but in the Marvel Studios movie universe, superheroes are white and … well, white.

— Keeping California weird: A music hall at Sonoma State has been named for a "Peanuts" character. Almost as cool as the inspiration for UC Irvine’s mascot: Peter the Anteater from the comic strip “B.C.”

— I’ll leave you with a video game that channels synesthesia: Patatap produces a mix of color and sound with the stroke of every key. Type your name or a phrase quickly and repeatedly into the program to admire the trippy sounds and patterns it generates. (Kill Screen)